The George Foundation has provided a $1 million challenge grant as the lead gift to help fund a new home for Child Advocates of Fort Bend’s operations. The new building will be named the Davis George Center after the only child of Albert and Mamie George, who died during infancy.
The campaign will fund the renovation and purchase of the former SBC Call Center in Rosenberg, to create a new child-friendly 17,000-square-foot facility to house CAFB’s two programs: Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Children’s Advocacy Center.
CAFB said the George Foundation grant and other recent commitments have put the group halfway toward meeting its capital campaign goal of $3.3 million dollars.
The Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation rose to The George Foundation’s challenge and made an early pledge of $250,000 to the project. In addition, 100% of the CAFB board and Campaign Steering Committee have pledged their support, the organization said in a statement. To date, 50 donors have made early commitments to support the project.
The remaining funds are being sought through grant requests, corporate and individual donors who wish to make an investment in the future of children whose lives have been torn apart by abuse.
When CAFB meets its goal and the new facility is complete, it will be more than twice the size of CAFB’s current location. In addition to housing CAFB staff, the new building will be home to civil and criminal child abuse prosecutors from the county and district attorney’s offices, an investigative unit from Texas Children’s Protective Services, the Children’s Court Services Program and a common workspace for the county’s 12 law enforcement agencies, CAFB said in a statement.
“By providing space for these partner agencies, CAFB will facilitate close coordination on child abuse cases and foster better outcomes for children who have been abused,” the organization said. “The new building will also provide increased space within the Children’s Advocacy Center for interviewing child victims of sexual and serious physical abuse as well as expand the agency’s individual, group and play therapy facilities.”
CAFB exists to help abused and neglected children heal from their trauma and reclaim their lives. With the help of staff, community partners and trained volunteers, CAFB is currently touching the lives of more than 400 children each month. This is 100 more than just one year ago, the agency said, adding “As services grew to meet the escalating needs of the abused and neglected children in this community, it became clear that a larger facility was necessary.”
The campaign will fund the renovation and purchase of the former SBC Call Center in Rosenberg, to create a new child-friendly 17,000-square-foot facility to house CAFB’s two programs: Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Children’s Advocacy Center.
CAFB said the George Foundation grant and other recent commitments have put the group halfway toward meeting its capital campaign goal of $3.3 million dollars.
The Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation rose to The George Foundation’s challenge and made an early pledge of $250,000 to the project. In addition, 100% of the CAFB board and Campaign Steering Committee have pledged their support, the organization said in a statement. To date, 50 donors have made early commitments to support the project.
